Fix Hot Pixel – Canon SLR

Fix Hot Pixel – Canon SLR

After shooting with my Canon 50D for a while i realized there was a hot blue pixel in all pictures, i was about to send of my camera to canon to get that fix. but i was postponing sending it off because i didnt want to be left without a camera, so after some searching i came across a very simple and harmless quick fix. I was surprised that it worked, but it did!

Via willshootphotography blog
Hot Pixel Fix for the Canon 50D worked for Rebel XTi as well:

- Remove the lens and put the body cap in place on the camera
- Put the camera in to “manual sensor cleaning mode”. It is the same for both the 40D and 50D – Press the “Menu” button, then select the middle “yellow wrench” tab, then “Sensor Cleaning” then “Clean Manually”. You will hear – the click of the mirror coming up (so you *could* be using a swab on the sensor – but don’t do that – leave the body cap in place).
- Leave the camera in this mode for 30-60 seconds, I kept it this way for closer to 60 seconds.
- Power off the camera off – you should hear another click as the mirror drops down into place
- That was it. Test the camera and see if the dead pixels are gone – they were for me.

Thanks for reading!

I still have no idea why/how this works, but it does. I was about to send in my camera to Canon to Fix this problem, but this was way easier!

i tried on my 5d. its worked. although the bad pixel still there, but much better than before. very good. 

unit 2 essay

Dun Yu

MA Digital Arts

Self Evaluation Essay

Work title: Please Say Nothing-Interactive Movie

Introduction

“Please Say Nothing” is an interactive animation formed by flip books. The story is talk about the natural and environment problems using cartoon style. The reason I combined the flip books and the interactive movie experiment was that it can give audiences more profound understanding of the idea from physical interactive and story interactive. When the audience play the animation by their thumb, they will get experience beyond movie itself and involved in the development of the story as well. 

The story is talk about a living seed face of the choices when his home has been destroyed. For an interactive movie, it will present several different endings, some bad and some good. It si just like our real life, what we do to this world is our choice. The future will change better if we be friendly for the planet.

The animation is called “Please Say Nothing” because in certain country or place, people make headlines for environment issues hypocritical, however, they still to damage the environment by themselves for their money temptation. I want to show that action is more important than talking on these issues. Therefore, I want people will do more than talk. Live or die, actually in the grasp of our fingers. 

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final decision for the final show

This is my final decision for the final show-put the books on the tree branch. Tree=paper  did I protect the tree...... this is the funny contrast. But I want to say is the nature support our daily life.
For the story map, I will draw it in the wall, just keep it simple and easy to see.

LO5

Jean-Baptiste Di Marco

I like the style of the animation. In the final show, he will live show or just show at first day? For me, I may suggest he make live show by audiences. I mean the audience can be the DJ. I think it will be lots of fun. And his animation is non linear story, so when audience play the animation the story telling is not problem.

Raquel Estevez Fernandez

The idea is fine, but I want to know what kind video will show in the screens. Is any story in the video? I know a toy call Matchstick Men, in the little screen the matchstick man can walk across the screen to another screen. Its very interesting.

Rod Dioso

The installation idea is very interesting. However, the motion graphic is not that good. I mean the audiences may not get the concept. But I’m not sure how the final one look like. For me, may be the talk show or documentary will better, because the topic is a little bit hard to persent.

Ethel Davies

To be honest, I didn’t see strong 3d when the picture changed. May be you should use some real 3d software to do the pictures. I find a online training is talk about the stereoscopic 3d in Maya
http://www.digitaltutors.com/09/training.php?cid=2&pid=3611
Hope it help.

Varatorn Ratdilokpanich

Incomplete+type but what is this mean. May be I didn’t got the concept... Anyway it looks good.

Ina Dorthea Thuresson
Her work has same style with her graphic work. For a artist which is great. Her work must put on a huge wall that can heart-quake audience.

Bill Psarras
Bill’s idea is fine. I don’t why he give up the interactive from his work. But if its just motion that should more support from hifi and projector. If the sound and image is not enough good, the audience may not be attracted.

Ran Chen
Her work combine chinese culture and digital arts which is very smart idea. My suggest the project keep low-pitched. I mean when audience watch the show they may don’t really know they are in the show. Its just like fish in the web. If it’s work that will lots of fun.

Constantina Pilavaki
I think her don’t need spend too much time in the video. Because the whole show in my mind should like a religious. So when audience in the show they should feel mystery. Its just like death and life. But this is just my personal idea.

Cheerasak Monpaneevong

His work is really technology work for me. But one thing is what the concept about this. May be it is code + arts..... i’m not sure. But if you can present a better concept that will be great.

Hong Zhang

For hong, I think the most importent thing is contrast. The idea is really easy to attract audience to stop and look. So now I’m really want know what will audience look and let them think. So just keep working.

Lina Fan
Sorry lina I’m not sure what you want to say to audience. I guess the story is about teen age love...... You didn’t present your idea clearly. And I’m worried can you finish your animation on time? Or you just want show the wireframe style cartoon? In proposal, you said your animation was repose on the magic cube, but now seems the cube was gone. If you deleted the cube, how about your story?

Julia Constantinou
I watched a show was very interesting. The artist pull on a white clothing then use projector shot the movie to the white clothing. When people look the show, the artist look wearing a video clothing. I can’t remember his name, but I think the digital dress worked in his show. I don’t know what your final show look like. But hope you make it great as well.

Chan Shin
DJ use live sound, this is what I’m really want to see in the final show. The only thing I want to know about your project is how about other day in the show. Or you will recode a video play in the show?


Anyway hope everyone have a great show, this is our last and only show in the one year（may be）.....

Final outcome vs flip book

Final outcome vs flip book testing.

final outcome vs flip book from simon yu on Vimeo.

Final flip book print

I pint 3 flip books for test yestday. The outcome is good and not too expensive. But I prepare to bind the problem was come. The worker said the book is too small to bind. So I take it go home to bind them by myself.
I research some way to bind the book in very old chinese way. Which is no pollution, strong, easy, and nice.

http://www.cgan.net/book/BOOKS/PRINT/printing/8z/1j0.htm
I didn't do the absolutely same bind. I change a little. It would make my book stonger.

I make a transparence plastic paper cover. It can protect I books.

Im very happy for the final book. Its looks fine.

final show idea

This day I was thing about the final show idea. And I get 3 iaea which is good I think.
1.Domino seting

In this idea, I want set the flip book look like the domino. Audience can push the book to play all book. The concept came from food chain. One destroy will influence others.

I like the idea, but its seems put too much in the project. And If I use this idea I don't know where should I drawing the story map. So Im think about it now.

2.wall painting

In this idea, I want draw a painting in the wall. The painting will show the basic story. I personally like this idea, but the drawing is a big project.

3. simple wall

This idea is keep all the things simple. In the wall, audience just see the B/W line map. The flip books will in the square. I want let audience think by themselves. But I don't like the idea very much. Now I just keep this idea.

Im not sure which will I ues for the final show. I will make a decision asap.

Mighty Wallet-Tyvek wallet

Today I go to design museum' shop, I find a wallet call "Mighty Wallet". I find the wallet made by Tyvek-a kind of recyclable materials-it is very interesting. I searched online, then I found
Tyvek (pronounced /taɪˈvɛk/) is a brand of flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers, a synthetic material; the name is a registered trademark of DuPont. The material is very strong; it is difficult to tear but can easily be cut with scissors or any other sharp object. Water vapor can pass through Tyvek (highly breathable), but not liquid water, so the material lends itself to a variety of applications: medical packaging, envelopes, car covers, air and water intrusionbarriers (housewrap) under house siding, labels, wristbands, mycology, and graphics. Tyvek is sometimes erroneously called "Tyvex".
From Wikipedia


I was think about, can I use it in my project. I may use the material to make my books' cover. I'm not sure now. Still thinking.......

work process long

work flow long from simon yu on Vimeo.

This 30 mins video will show you the basic work process for my animation.  eg: draft-Adobe Illustrator-Cinema 4D-Adobe After Effects-Final cut pro-Soundtrack Pro-Flash
So hope when u finish this video u can know the process about how I made this movie.

how to install my animation app－download

how to play the movie from simon yu on Vimeo.

This video will show you how to install the movie app. This app is my animation project. I made by Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5. You can download here. It is not the final outcome. I just want audience watch more than flip book.

download now


PS: If u haven't Adobe air in you computer please go to here to download. Thanks

PS2: I just update new file include AIR installer in the zip file. so you do not need download it by yourself.

working for flash interactive

process from simon yu on Vimeo.

this is the process about the flash interactive part

opening title

opening title from simon yu on Vimeo.

The idea is frame by frame fade in, like the flip book. Then the pictures became my movie's title " please say nothing". Why I use this name is because some times we face some pollution problem or some bad things we always like talk about it, But talk can not change any thing. What we should do is to activity. Other hand is in my movie there are no dialog.

"Do You Golf?"

I just find a artist done the flip book project in 2007 China, he use the electronic money counting machine to play the movie. Really interesting work. But in my project may not use this way. My project use traditional flipbook to do the project.  

A micro simulation of “Creating A Need” 

Golf video footages being printed onto paper size of 100RMB paper notes. When the golf funny clips being demostrated, it will be played instead of a traditional media like TV screen or a DVD player or even a computer but a electronic money counting machine. As a result viewer watching the golf funny clips like watching a flip book.

200709/20 - 09/26 ////// 798 时态空间 Watch Clips on Youtube ----------------------------Exhbition-----------------------------------------------------funny golf clips on US Dollars----------------------Lightning Babes learning to swing---------------------

LO 6 - rewrite

LO 6 - rewrite

In this essay I want discuss my project from 2 part. First is from technology development. Second is theory development. 

In technology part, because my project is a interactive movie, I need to make a full movie by myself. Sothat I learned how to make a movie in professional way. I learn it from a CD call “How to make your movie- an interactive film school”http://www.interactivefilmschool.com/ .  From this CD I know the all steps about how to make a profession movie. When I was making the movie, I found some 3d technology support was very necessary. After learned the filmmaking process, I was learned the 3d software call Cinema 4D. Cinema 4d is a very easy to use, and I can search a lots of tutorial from the internet. During the learning period, I found animation was good for story telling and it easy to control. Because that I was change my idea to make a animation movie. In the original idea, I decided to make a full 3d animation. However, in the making process I found many problems that I can not fixed. From this reason, I start redo the character design to graphic style. Nevertheless for some especially character I still use 3d to do it. 

Before the interactive movie idea, I thought to make a project with processing and physical computing.  Therefore I learned processing and physical computing as well. Due to the learning period was not enough, I kept idea for future development. Now I am still learning the code.

As a result of interaction, in the fina show I would use flip book to connect the movie and audiences. I learned digital printing knowledge as wel. For instance, the PDF file is good for print, how to use Indesign to manage all the print file. Before I print the file I should to test the frame for the movie and cut some useless shot.  Finally I am learning the Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 now. This software is design for interactive designer. Designers can make the interactive project without code writing. For me, I will use this software to make a online interactive version for anyone who want watch my movie. 

In theory part, I learned what is interaction and different level of interactive narrative. I found some interactive free lecture in iTunes U, Apple iTunes function. Such as,  MIT OCW: CMS.610 / CMS.922 Media Industries and Systems, Spring 2006   Week 6: Interactive Storytelling  http://ocw.mit.edu Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/terms-of-use

I also got some essays from my friend, who study at LCC interactive media, it’s very helpful for me to understand interactive movie. 

To sum up, the couse is short, however, I still got what I want to do and learn. I learned how European think about arts and how they work. It is very useful experience for me. After this couse, I may try to find a job in here, I think I should more communicate with others. It may be the most importent things for me. 

scene design reference

This is the scene design references. I find it in ffffound.com. In this picture, the world is not a circle. In 350 BC - Aristotle argues for a spherical Earth using lunar eclipses and other observations. Before that people thought the Earth was flat. So I want my world was a really old place. so I make the world like a pie. 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_solar_system_astronomy

I just get the basic idea from this pics. In the picture, the all tree have eyes, it is good for my story. In my story the tree have life. They can breathe and move. So I use the eye idea in my tree design.

This pic is how my computer look like when I'm designing the character. When I'm designing the character I reference many real pictures and some others art work. Because I'm not good at character very well. I need this reference to keep my work looks professional.

Symposium 2

Symposium 2 from simon yu on Vimeo.


flip book testing from simon yu on Vimeo.

Finally I finished animation

It's already 3 o'clock I finished the whole animation and did the testing for one flip book.

I almost follow the plan to finish the whole animation in begin of the May. It was so tied to do this. And I printed the one shot for testing, I print 15 frame a second. The full frame is 30 frame by flip book don't need that much to play.

The effect for the book was great. The book almost have 200 page, but it is small so I did not use too much papers. From the test, I find the size of the book is too small to watch. So I think in the final outcome the size will more bigger.

This pic show the final setting for the book size. The new size is just perfect for A4 page. In the left I keep the space let people take the book, it was so impotent that I forgot in the pervious test.

ye~~~~  I spend about 2 month to do the animation. Now I'm finished. So next step I will focus on the show build and book making.     

still working

This day I was so busy to do my animation. My plan is to finish it in this weekend. The animation was almost done, so I think I can finish it in right time.
So this pics is the 3d robot that I made. Its working by cinema 4d. Firstly I key the key frame for the robot.

Then I render the psd file for every frame. This would be combine by AE. 

Finally I add all the details and the robot together.  

This is the basic process for 3d part in my animation. To do a whole animation is not easy things, we should working hard and hard. good luck for me and good luck for everyone.  

New shot

robot from simon yu on Vimeo.
The new shot that i just finished.

Yesterday I did the tutorial there are some feedback
1. I should rewrite the 500 words about all the things that I learned during the course.
2.I should give all the peers project feedback.
3.I show the final show idea to Andy, he give me some useful suggestion. My final show will use Flip book to present the interactive movie. Andy said I should keep simple but make it best. So that I abandon high technology support, keep the project simple and focus other thing in the show.
4. More communication with others

For me I should finish my animation as soon as possible, then i can start to test my Flip book.

Killer Tears-Flip Book

http://www.miguelrothschild.de/

Killer Tears
Miguel Rothschild
73 Flip Books
Killer Tears by Miguel Rothschild consists of 73 small filpbooks with signed black-and-white photographs. Every book contains forty frames and together the 73 books make up a long cinematic story. Each book begins with a page of text as an introduction to the picture pages. A reference to the blocks of text of the silent movies.
These film is present as an installation. The small books are fixed to a shelf with a thin chain. It goes along the walls of the show room. Small dialogues are written on the covers of these books. The visitor walks along the shelves, and gives movement to the scenes between his thumb and forefinger.

The reason I post this because in the final show I will make the interactive movie in this way. My flip books will follow the muti-structure to present the story. In the show I want use light to point next step of the book. For the music my idea is - when audience take the book the book will touch off a switch to open the light. This will be control by Arduino.
Flip book is the old way to watch the movie but this also funny and interactive way. Audiences watch the movie by them own hand. At present, movie is made by filmmaker, audiences can not control the movie process. They can not get beyond the senses to the visual. However the propose of my project is to give the audiences more sensory enjoyment using the flip books from allows them to control the course of this film by themselves.

This is the tutorial about how to make a flip book. I searched from http://www.computerarts.co.uk/

It shows the details of making process. After the research, I will put the plans into practice.

AE plug-in

Today I want recommend a AE plug-in call Magic Bullet Looks. The plug-in is handle the video's colour effect. This plug-in is very easy to use. The software included lots of presets. who work for video should try this.

In my video I use this plug-in to adjust video colour. 

http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/magic-bullet-looks/
more information in the web site

keep working

this my animation that i finished until now. this is the unedited edition. i think the animation will finish this month. then i will combine with the music and interactive part.
part1 from simon yu on Vimeo.

my table ....

who ate the water apple

I make the water apple today. the idea come from waste water. in the pic the apple be bite with someone. as we all know water can't be bite but someone just ate the water like apple. this all about avarice. and we don't know who did this. because the one did this will never accept the blame. just like some company or people.

this is the process. made by cinema 4d.

justification－cloud eye

Cloud with 8 eyes that means the god will look at u when u doing something. Why I use 8 eyes was inspiration by the 8 planets in our milky way. 

In this animation the god never forgot the event happened in the world. 

justification－screen design

Today I will explain the screen design that I used in my animation. In this shot I make the film element out of the wide screen.  Because I want the audience focus on the main character and don't ignore the details from the shot. Wide size screen is very popular in cinema, it is much wider than 4:3(TV) size that means people can get more space to look. But in my movie I used the wide screen to highlight my main element. When I make the animation I found this design is much better than normal wide screen and it's more dynamic. So that i use this kind of wide screen.

test from simon yu on Vimeo.